All posts by Chris.SE
Below are all of Chris.SE's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Jill Fenemore:
Thanks for the update Jill. Glad it's resolved your issue. As there is still Planned Engineering you may still see what will hopefully be only very short occurrences of disruption.
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Brian Thomas:
This sounds like you are suffering some sort of interference if it's been going on for a long time. However as you haven't given a full postcode, we can't assess your predicted reception and the likelihood of interference.
There'd been Planned Engineering by Arqiva (who maintain the transmitters) in previous weeks as detailed in several posts before yours, but there's been none listed this week and apart from the DAB fault, there's no faults currently listed for Ridge Hill (Freeview).
Arqiva or any Broadcaster are not likely to see your post here, or respond. It's a free technical help-site, but providing that full postcode would enable some assessment of the likely issue.
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Nicholas Anderson:
This page is called "All of the free TV channels"
TV being the operative word!!
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jeremy thornberry:
This is strange. There are currently no reported faults for the Taunton DAB or Mendip DAB transmitters from which you should get good reception of the main BBC National, National Commercial D1 and Local multiplexes. Mendip also has the National Commercial SDL multiplex but you may not get reception of that one depending on location.
It sounds a bit like you may be suffering some very local interference. Have you had any new electrical equipment, anything switched on that normally isn't, anything that may be faulty/misbehaving at all?
Any roadworks outside with Temporary Traffic lights? Any scaffolding gone up next to you which could affect signals? Any new or upgraded phone masts very close to you (ie. right outside your house) although they really shouldn't give a problem to DAB.
If you have any suspect electrical equipment, try turning it off or unplugging it if possible, or turn off circuits one by one (process of elimination) at the Consumer Unit and see if reception improves.
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Raymond Snashall:
What do you mean exactly - "switched off at night" (which it isn't), what are you seeing and what do you do?
Also, if you provide a full postcode, we can check your predicted reception and whether you may be suffering any potential known sources of interference.
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StevensOnln1:
That's obviously very annoying.
I wonder if Briantist: Brian Butterworth: has check 149.40.x.x is covered by his update?
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Denise Joyce:
There could be other reasons that you are having reception problems. Steve has taken his best guess at one of the potential problems. Poor reception of those multiplexes may be another. As Steve has indicated, it's likely that it's the Hastings transmitter that you are actually receiving based on your information, but reception of each multiplex can be very dependant on location and we can't check that without a full postcode.
Once we've checked the predicted reception we can then see the likely possibility of general interference, or even the possibility of a fault on your aerial system.
Also where the aerial is located would be helpful.
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Denise Joyce:
Update on previous information. The Hastings transmitter has an Engineering post indicating that it's having Planned Engineering - Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 01/07/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels.
It is not appearing on the main list that Steve mentioned.
Errors in listing are not unheard of, again your predicted reception may help indicate whether any Planned Engineering if occurring, is likely to have a big impact on your reception.
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Wednesday 26 June 2024 2:29AM
Bert:
Thanks for the update.